Season 29
Junior Camper
I've only seen it once but will give it a 5/5. It was refreshing to have a real Halloween episode and to see Lisa act like a kid.
Could it have something to do with the fact that the episode ran 31:02 from start to finish? Unless there's an extra minute of commercials, it could be because the episode just ran long.But neither of you answered my question, WHY does The Simpsons, and ONLY The Simpsons start at 7:59 PM? I will be writing a complaint to the Fox network.
Don't get the enthusiasm for this episode, decent nothing more.
Cheer up, I’m pretty sure several years later this thread will full of ‘it sucks’ posts.
Thanks for the web-grab Beavis! .. I immediately identified Lisa's security blanket toy remnant as one of those. ..
So true, the exact same thing happened with Brick Like Me. Look at how much it is hated today while the episode was just as well received as HoH.
Is it me, or with the exception of the godawful premiere has this season been quite decent so far? Two pretty decent episodes and one outstanding one in a row, which would comfortably put it near the top of the HD season starts.
Is Brick Like Me really that hated? I don't remember it garnering much hatred at all and no one seem to bring it up when talking about the bad episodes of the HD era.
The episode has been called one of the most overrated HD episodes many times recently. The LEGO gimmick kills the underlying plot.
I think positive response is more likely to be short-lived for episodes that are propped up by a gimmick or artificial hype.What I noticed was that when the episode first came out, people loved it, and upon looking back on it later, it didn't seem as amazing and its rating went down. At least that's what I saw to some degree on this forum.
I don't really expect that to happen with Halloween of Horror, though.
I think positive response is more likely to be short-lived for episodes that are propped up by a gimmick or artificial hype.
To correlate this to something outside of Simpsons fandom, take Star Wars: The Phantom Menace as an example of that.
Now I'm not one of the many outspoken Brick Like Me detractors but I do feel that there's very little substance beyond the style and it is largely outclassed by The LEGO Movie, which executed many of the same jokes better. I applaud both Matthew Nastuk's direction and the ambition of the plot. Plus, this episode makes a strong initial impression... but it doesn't really hold up on rewatch. Unusual circumstances notwithstanding, I can't help but feel that Homer's characterization feels off. For as much as he wants to escape into his LEGO alternate reality so he doesn't have to watch Lisa grow up and leave him, he barely interacts with her LEGO counterpart apart from a weak tea party scene. This feels like one of those episode concepts that was too weighty for the 22-minute format to effectively sell it.
Even factoring all of that, I would still consider it the 3rd best episode from Season 25... and probably more essential to watch than The War of Art even though I would consider it to be the better of the two on rewatch and would rate it higher. (Season 25's a sore spot for me because I'm still bitter at Pay Pal's pacing issues... and don't even get me started on Days of Future Future.)
With new episodes, they tend to run the opposite of the classic era because they tend to get worse over time with repeat viewings. The HD era doesn't have any episodes, minus a couple, that get better with repeat viewings.
I think the only way that Brick Like Me could have outshined The Lego Movie in quality would have been had Phil Lord & Chris Miller been brought on board as freelancers to write the script themselves. Those guys are immensely talented.well it didn't help that pkkao was literally saying that the episode as a whole was better than "the lego movie"
not sure if he still feels the same a year-and-a-half later but yea, shit like that will skew perceptions
Lisa was poorly characterized. It felt very odd seeing her being so afraid of things that aren't real.
She always have been afraid of things e.g. The Girl Who Slept Too LittleLisa was poorly characterized. It felt very odd seeing her being so afraid of things that aren't real.
She always have been afraid of things e.g. The Girl Who Slept Too Little